ISLAMABAD, May 27 (Agencies): Pakistan will hold a general election on July 25 and President Mamnoon Hussain has approved the date, electoral officials said on Sunday, as the government enters its final week in office.Pakistan's government and parliament is due to be dissolved on May 31, when a new interim...
Read moreBEIRUT, May 27 (AFP): Russian fighters were among dozens of pro-government forces killed in eastern Syria this week in a deadly wave of attacks by Islamic State (IS) group jihadists, Moscow and a monitor said Sunday.After the collapse of its so-called "caliphate" last year, IS now only holds tiny pockets...
Read moreHONG KONG, May 27 (AFP): Hundreds marched through Hong Kong on Sunday ahead of the 29th anniversary of China's crackdown on democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.Semi-autonomous Hong Kong is the only place on Chinese soil where the anniversary is openly marked with a famous vigil in Victoria Park on...
Read moreHOUSTON, May 28 (Reuters): American astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the moon in 1969 during the Apollo 12 mission and commanded a crew on the Skylab space station in 1973 before giving up his career to become a full-time painter, died in Houston on Saturday, officials said.Bean, 86, a...
Read moreSanaa, May 27 (AP): Heavy fighting in Yemen between pro-government forces and Shiite rebels has killed more than 150 people in the last four days, Yemeni officials and witnesses said Sunday.Government forces have been trying to seize rebel-held areas along the western coast, while an allied Saudi-led coalition has been...
Read moreGAZA CITY, May 27 (AFP): Israeli tank fire at an Islamic Jihad observation post killed three Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the enclave's health ministry and sources from the militant movement said.The ministry identified those killed as Hussein al-Amour (25) and Abdul Haleem al-Naqa (28). The incident...
Read moreLONDON, May 28 (Reuters): British Prime Minister Theresa May faced demands from ministers and lawmakers in her Conservative party to reform Northern Ireland's highly restrictive abortion rules after neighboring Ireland's vote to liberalise its laws.Voters in Ireland, a once deeply Catholic nation, backed the change by two-to-one, a far higher...
Read moreNEW YORK, May 28 (IANS): Hillary Clinton says she wants to be Facebook CEO. Is Zuckerberg listening?Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton might be willing to swap a life in politics to lead the world's largest social-networking company, a media report said.On being asked by Attorney General Maura Healey,...
Read moreBERLIN, May 27 (AFP): Thousands of demonstrators for and against the far-right faced off in mass rival rallies in Berlin on Sunday, where calls of "We are the people" were met with chants of "Go away, Nazis" and techno music.Police officers were deployed to keep groups apart and prevent clashes,...
Read moreTaliban suicide bombing leaves two soldiers deadKANDAHAR, May 27: An Afghan official says a suicide car bomb attack by the Taliban has killed at least two Afghan soldiers. Omar Zwak, a spokesman for the governor of the southern Helmand province, says four other soldiers were wounded in Sunday's attack in...
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